Brian Kelly
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Home Town: Oakland, CA
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Posted By: skylight
Joined On: November 10, 2005
Page Views: 2,233
Song Plays: 0
Current Rank: 5,860
Highest Rank: 1,035
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Albums
Afterplay (2008), Pools of Light (2005)
Similar Artists
Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Keiko Matsui, David Benoit, Secret Garden, David Lanz
Instruments
Piano, Keyboards
Musical Style
Contemporary Instrumental Piano, New Age, Smooth Jazz, Neo-Classical, World Music
Influences
Brian draws inspiration from Classical, World, and Jazz traditions. |
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Brief Description
Brian Kelly is a Contemporary Instrumental composer, pianist, and producer.
His latest release, Afterplay (his second CD of piano based instrumental music), includes the world-
renowned talents of Eric Crystal on sax (Boz Scaggs, Omar Sosa), David Rokeach on drums (Aretha
Franklin, Ray Charles), Viviana Guzman on flute, James Robinson on guitar, and other fine musicians.
History/Biography
His debut album, Pools of Light, released in 2005 on his own Skylight Music label has received wide
critical acclaim. The album charted at #1 for two months on the instrumental music radio chart in
North America, was nominated for "Best New Artist 2005" (NAR Lifestyle Music Awards), and voted Top
10 Best New Age Albums of 2004 by Kathy Parsons of Solo Piano Publications.
In 2006 Brian published Pools of Light: The Solo Piano Songbook, a collection of 12 solo piano
arrangements (sheet music) from the album. The songbook is available as a digital download in pdf
format.
His music receives national and international airplay from radio stations and satellite music networks
around the world.
Brian is a graduate of Hampshire College and a voting member of the Recording Academy. He resides in
Northern California near San Francisco.
For more information, please visit www.briankelly.com |
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